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In
the middle of the 70’s, I knew the letter
of the native Chief Seattle (1790/1866) answering the USA president
offer, Franklin Pearce, who wanted to buy the native land in change
of a reservation in 1855. During 20 years, I have been fascinated by the poetic and philosophic beauty of the words of this human being (who led the tribes of the Duwamish, Samanish, Skopamish, Stakmish and Suquamish) and tortured by the prophetical evidence of his words. Living with this dichotomy, culminate with the creation of the works series “Seattle Project: Exaltation for Gaia”, presented In 1996 as a rereading way of what I believe to be also a masterpiece of art and at the same time a lesson of life. Must be said that the great responsibility in front of the weigh of the text, could only be overcomed by the wild anxiety, that came with me latently during all these years, in which I hope, now, I am free by facing the challenge that was to conciliate my rational and mathematical side with the expressivity I have been charged by my feelings. In the course of time and updating my researches, I discovered that the Chief Seattle did a speech during a peace treaty which indigenous lands were sold in exchange for a reservation in 1855. That speech was witnessed by his admirer, Henry A. Smith, that published it in a local newspaper in 1887, based on his memories on the speech. In 1971, the speech suffered alterations done by a scriptwriter, Ted Perry, for a documentary with ecological theme. Since then, the text of that documentary became known as the letter answer of Chief Seattle to the North American president. Although, the authorship is ambivalent, that communion of texts, in my opinion, presents a message for the humankind which is completely up to date. November/1996 and September/2007 Walter Miranda |
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